King James Version
What Does Mark 2:23 Mean?
“And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went , to pluck the ears of corn.”
Context
21
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. new cloth: or, raw, or, unwrought cloth
22
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. bottles: or, sacks of skin
23
And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went , to pluck the ears of corn.
24
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(23-28) **And it came to pass.**—See Notes on Matthew 12:1-8.
**As they went** **. . .**—More literally, *they began to make* *a path* (or perhaps, *to make their way*)*, plucking the ears of corn.*
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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